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The California women’s soccer team unveiled its challenging 20-game schedule for 2013 Wednesday, which includes eight home games at Goldman Field plus six televised matches. The campaign also includes seven games vs. 2012 NCAA Tournament teams.

The Golden Bears open the season on the road with matches against UC Irvine onAug. 23and Pepperdine onAug. 26. The team returns to Berkeley to host the Cal Invitational, beginning with the home opener vs. Detroit on Aug. 30 followed by San Jose State onSept. 1.

Cal will make a quick trip across the bay for the San Francisco Tournament, in which the Bears will play Harvard onSept. 6and UC Davis on Sept. 8, before returning home for a friendly scrimmage against Cal women’s soccer alumni at theSept. 15Alumni Game.

The travel continues with aSept. 19game at Santa Clara, then a quick trip home to host Saint Mary’s onSept. 22before two road games at Utah onSept. 27and San Francisco onSept. 30. After that, the team will spend the next three weeks in Berkeley for a five-game home stand that includes Arizona State onOct. 4, Arizona onOct. 6, USC onOct. 11, UCLA onOct. 13and Colorado onOct. 18.

The Bears close out the season as road warriors with their final five matches away at Oregon State onOct. 25, Oregon onOct. 28, Washington State onNov. 1, Washington onNov. 3and Stanford onNov. 6.

Cal concluded its 2012 campaign with a 16-6 overall record and 8-3 Pac-12 performance. The Golden Bears advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, finishing at No. 21 in the finalNSCAA rankings.